This one hurt to realize. Spent last few months building impressive stuff: - Multi-step agent workflows - Complex API integrations - Beautiful dashboards nobody asked for Got reactions like "wow, that's cool" but bank account stayed at $0. Then I built something embarrassingly simple for a local gym owner. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰 New member signs up -> Send welcome email -> Add to WhatsApp group -> Schedule first check-in -> Done. 4 nodes Took 90 minutes He paid me $600 Not because it was complex. Because it solved the ONE thing keeping him up at night: new members ghosting after week 1. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟑 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 1. Solved a problem the client felt that morning 2. Took less than 5 days to build 3. Client could explain the value to someone else in one sentence 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟒𝟒 𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬? Cool demos. No urgency. No clear pain point. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 Stop building to impress other builders. Start building to relieve one person's specific daily headache. The simpler, the better. 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 How many workflows have you built that nobody paid for? No judgment. I'm at 44. Just trying to figure out if this is normal or if I'm the only one who learned the hard way. Drop your number below 👇

I’ve been spending a lot of time looking at how service businesses are preparing for the next 18–24 months, and one pattern keeps showing up. The businesses growing fastest aren’t necessarily spending more on ads or hiring bigger teams. They’re removing friction. A few examples I keep seeing: - Missed calls automatically turning into conversations - Leads getting responses in seconds instead of hours - Follow-ups happening consistently (without someone “remembering”) - Reviews being collected naturally after a job is done - Old leads coming back to life months later None of this is flashy. But together, it changes everything. What’s interesting is how much revenue is already there, it’s just leaking through gaps: - slow responses - manual follow-up - inconsistent processes - no visibility into what actually converts When those gaps are closed with simple trigger-based automation, a few things happen: - sales become more predictable - teams feel less pressure - owners get out of the day-to-day - growth compounds instead of restarting every month I’m also noticing that businesses with systems in place are far easier to scale or exit. Less dependency on the owner, clearer numbers, cleaner operations. Not saying automation is the answer to everything, but it’s becoming the foundation for businesses that want to be strong in 2026, not just busy. Curious how others here are thinking about this: - What’s the biggest bottleneck in your business right now? - Where do you feel revenue slipping through the cracks? Interested to hear real experiences 👀